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Re:I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis (Moshe Vardi, CACM) by Hasu on Sunday December 29, 2024 @12:48PM (#42541485)
For the same reason people don't think it's OK to rob a bank and donate the money to charity.
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Re:I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis (Moshe Vardi, CACM) by gruez on Sunday December 29, 2024 @12:52PM (#42541515)
That analogy fails because robbing a bank is straightforwardly illegal and norm-breaking (by the majority of the population), whereas being a tobacco executive isn't.
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Re:I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis (Moshe Vardi, CACM) by layer8 on Sunday December 29, 2024 @03:26PM (#42542751)
Unethical behavior not being treated as norm-breaking unless its illegal is part of what’s being criticized here, I think.
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Re:I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis (Moshe Vardi, CACM) by ClumsyPilot on Sunday December 29, 2024 @03:51PM (#42542963)
Not if you ask the younger generation
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Re:I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis (Moshe Vardi, CACM) by worik on Sunday December 29, 2024 @01:18PM (#42541698)
> For the same reason people don't think it's OK to rob a bank and donate the money to charity.

I have a problem with violence...

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